debt

Wow.
Indicative of a man that has absolutely no understanding of the basic realities of this world, Trump makes the odd claim, in a tweet, that tariffs will help pay down the national debt.
And will reduce taxes on Americans.
That is simply amazing. Paying down the debt and reducing taxes...

Conservative Christian minister advises women to avoid higher education and tattoos if they want to catch a man.
Lori Alexander is a conservative Christian minister and author who teaches women that they should be “sober, love and obey their husbands, love their children, be chaste, discreet...

Just another deeply worrying sign about the economy, another storm cloud on the horizon:
The $6.3 trillion debt binge: American companies have never owed this much
America is in another massive debt bubble, folks. Consumers are spending like crazy...

Anybody else wondering if there's a connection?
Financial Times
Think this might be another piece of the puzzle why Trump is gunning for Maxine?
So many questions.
I thought I had heard at some point in the last six months that Deutsche Bank had, in fact, turned over the requested records...

This is based on something I posted earlier as a response in a thread, but I thought it might be interesting for general consumption, since it's not widely understood.
Why do deficits not equal the change in the debt? For example, how is it possible that we can run a $600 billion deficit...

The financial doomsday clock is ticking, and, thanks to the massive tax cuts passed by Congress in December, the ticks just sped up. Unless Congress gets its act together, the federal government will default on its debt in a few short weeks. This event would set off a constitutional crisis and a...

I'll put this in my signature for future reference. In the meantime, I think everyone should take a look. I'm so GD sick and tired of all the bullshit about OBAMA's debt! It is tedious, partisan, it is vapid and with so little detail, it's useless. Particularly given the DIRE state of the...

A hundred dollar bill weighs one gram. (just a factoid I got from the internet.)
Therefore, a thousand of them weigh a kilogram, and a million weigh a metric ton, and are worth 100 million dollars. A billion dollars would be ten times as much, or ten tons, and a trillion would be ten thousand...

Because the CBO uses static scoring, and assumes NOTHING will change in the economy over the next 10 years, they project the tax bill will add $1 Trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.
Naturally, the Dims in DC are apoplectic and shitting themselves over this money. Yet, the same CBO...

The commonwealth’s financial woes didn’t happen by accident—they were the result of decades of public immiseration and private gain.
By Michelle ChenTwitter JUNE 8, 2017
Centuries ago pirates prowled the Caribbean brandishing scabbards and rifles; today, they wield fat checkbooks on Capitol...

Not sure if this was posted, but this is major news. The GOP base hates raising the debt ceiling even temporarily
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/07/trump-schumer-agree-to-pursue-plan-to-repeal-the-debt-ceiling/

It looks good for a change to see Trump sitting comfortably with Democrats. Of course it has some Republicans fuming but so be it as they can't always win. This just goes to show the power of the Democrats in matters that matter where Trump is seeking their suggestions and to buddy-up with them...

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